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Peter Løvenkrands
Personal information
Full name Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward / Winger
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 September 2008

Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands (born 29 January 1980 in Hørsholm, Denmark) is a professional footballer who currently is unattached. He is a winger who can also play as a centre forward.

He is the younger brother of Danish footballer Tommy Løvenkrands.

Club career

Akademisk Boldklub

Løvenkrands signed his first professional contract with Danish Superliga club Akademisk Boldklub in February 1998. He made his Superliga debut in July 1998, and was quickly touted as a future Danish national team player by his manager Christian Andersen. Løvenkrands was named 1998 Danish under-19 Player of the Year. He was a part of the 1999 Danish Cup-winning AB team, though he did not play in the final against Aalborg BK.

Rangers

He joined Scottish club Rangers for £1.3 million in June 2000. He went on to play 182 games for the Glasgow club, winning two Scottish Premier League championships. He scored 54 goals for Rangers, including a last minute winner against Old Firm rivals Celtic in the 2002 Scottish Cup Final. In August 2005, he trialled for English Premier League club Middlesbrough F.C., but decided not to move. He started the 2005–06 season still with Rangers. During his time at Ibrox he was often played out of position as a left winger instead of his natural position of centre forward. He showed what he was capable of in the centre forward position, and displayed an impressive goal scoring form, in what would be his final season at Rangers.

He played an important role in Rangers' run to the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League tournament, scoring four goals during the 2005–06 campaign. In the group stage, he opened the scoring in the 3-2 win against FC Porto, and with his goal in the 1-1 draw against Inter Milan he secured Rangers' advancement to the knock-out round. In the round of 16, he scored in both the home and away game, as Rangers were eventually eliminated by Villarreal CF on the away goals rule. He also scored 14 goals during the 2005-06 SPL season, the highest tally of his Ibrox career.

Schalke 04

After six years at Ibrox, his contract with Rangers expired in the summer 2006 and he left the club on a free transfer. Løvenkrands was reportedly in talks with a number of clubs, including Spanish club Osasuna and AS Roma from Italy. He eventually signed for German club FC Schalke 04 on 23 May 2006, joining fellow Danish international Søren Larsen.

In October 2008, it was reported that Løvenkrands was interested in a return to Rangers, after being frozen out at Schalke.[1]

On 4 January 2009 Løvenkrands was thrown out of the squad of the first team of Schalke. But on 7 January 2009 his contract with Schalke was dissolved.

International career

Alongside later Danish international Martin Albrechtsen, Løvenkrands was called up for the Danish under-19 national team in September 1997. He scored five goals in eight matches for the Danish under-19 national team.

He has since gone on to play twenty times and score a single goal for the Danish national team, and he represented Denmark at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004 tournaments.

International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 November 2006 Prague, Czech Republic  Czech Republic 1-0 1-1 Friendly match

Career statistics

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Honours

With Akademisk Boldklub

With Rangers

References

  1. ^ "I'd love to go back to Rangers, says Peter Løvenkrands". The Daily Record. 29 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Peter Lovenkrands". Retrieved 21 November 2008.
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